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i was thinking hillary clinton. when al franken -- have you heard from al franken? >> i had breakfast with him about four months ago. he lost a bet like 12 years ago. so he finally paid it off. he was a joy to be with and he's very serious about making sure that he's being taken seriously. so he does not want to be the guy with the cone on his head. >> bill: al is a friend. al has been on our show several times when he was running. we had al on the show. since that time and he knows this and we know it. he has not been willing to appear or do any national interviews. keep your head down. that's kind of what you do in the senate to at least get to know your colleagues and get some -- >> unlike the house people forget this. they know this part because 100 members of the senate, 435 voting members of the house. but every bill has to be identical that goes to the president. that means 100 people in the senate have to do exactly the same amount of work as 435 members of the house. there is a lot more to do. somebody like ted cruz runs the risk of being shut out by his co
i was thinking hillary clinton. when al franken -- have you heard from al franken? >> i had breakfast with him about four months ago. he lost a bet like 12 years ago. so he finally paid it off. he was a joy to be with and he's very serious about making sure that he's being taken seriously. so he does not want to be the guy with the cone on his head. >> bill: al is a friend. al has been on our show several times when he was running. we had al on the show. since that time and he knows...
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each of us on either side of president clinton as he announced the once unthinkable normalization of our relations with vietnam, and efforts that john mccain and i worked on for about 10 years to try do. in the last decade, thanks in large part to the work of usaid, our exports to vietnam increased by more than 700%. every one of those percentage points our jobs here in america. in the last two decades, 1000 vietnamese students and scholars have studied spanish and taught have studied and taught in america through the fulbright program, including the foreign minister, who i just talked to the other day and who has feelings about america because of that engagement. the list goes on. as the emerging middle class in india, the world's largest democracy, buys our products, that means jobs and incomes for our own middle-class. as our traditional assistance to brazil and decreases, trade there is increasing. brazil is one of the new tigers moving at a double-digit pace. it supports additional jobs here at home, many in the u.s. travel and tourism industry. when jefferson expanded our consu
each of us on either side of president clinton as he announced the once unthinkable normalization of our relations with vietnam, and efforts that john mccain and i worked on for about 10 years to try do. in the last decade, thanks in large part to the work of usaid, our exports to vietnam increased by more than 700%. every one of those percentage points our jobs here in america. in the last two decades, 1000 vietnamese students and scholars have studied spanish and taught have studied and...
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. >> and political insiders on the california politician who channels both president clinton and an iconic hollywood cowboy. >> and how this year's america's cup race has become a sea of uncertainty for san francisco. >> and the weather forecast for today will be a beautiful sunshine. plenty of sunshine around and more details ahead after the break. ,,,, ,,,,,,,, america's cup races: this w, we learned mayor ed lee is considering scaling the event amid concerns that the city hasn't been able to rae enough money to host it. and k-p-i-x 5's mike sugerman explains why some of the moy needed... might have to come from you. track 1 could money troubles . >>> economic trouble set in. one by one boats dropped out of the race, leading only three competitors. >> now it is a smaller race with only three boats. that means less money for the city. >> san francisco needs to put in about $30 million. it raised $14 million so far from private donors but is having trouble getting more. mayor ed lee is the may not point man. >> i thought you and i would get on the boat and then look for if million dollars.
. >> and political insiders on the california politician who channels both president clinton and an iconic hollywood cowboy. >> and how this year's america's cup race has become a sea of uncertainty for san francisco. >> and the weather forecast for today will be a beautiful sunshine. plenty of sunshine around and more details ahead after the break. ,,,, ,,,,,,,, america's cup races: this w, we learned mayor ed lee is considering scaling the event amid concerns that the city...
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this new bureau was part of the process which secretary clinton initiated. this is one of the most direct outgrowths. there was a feeling that the u.s. needed to be more effective, needs to be a more coherent. that is how it remains. what i thought i would do in the 10 minutes or so that i was invited to set the table is to describe some of the internal challenges that are at the top of my mind for this first year. to give you a quick taste of that, not dwell on the changes we have made inside of the bureau because really is not just the start up, there is a merger as well in the existing office. it was a complicated transaction that we got this year. i am happy to come back to it. i am not going to give you examples. we will talk about the country cases. i am sure that some of you will come back with some of those as the session goes on. in terms of the internal needs, obviously there is a very big map of opportunity that is out there. just yesterday at the senior staff meeting, because of the holiday it was yesterday, secretary carried finish to the meetin
this new bureau was part of the process which secretary clinton initiated. this is one of the most direct outgrowths. there was a feeling that the u.s. needed to be more effective, needs to be a more coherent. that is how it remains. what i thought i would do in the 10 minutes or so that i was invited to set the table is to describe some of the internal challenges that are at the top of my mind for this first year. to give you a quick taste of that, not dwell on the changes we have made inside...
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each of us on either side of president clinton as he announced the once unthinkable normalization of our relations with vietnam, and efforts that john mccain and i worked on for about 10 years to try do. in the last decade, thanks in large part to the work of usaid, our exports to vietnam increased by more than 700%. every one of those percentage points our jobs here in america. -- are jobs here in america. in the last two decades, 1000 vietnamese students and scholars have studied spanish and taught have studied and taught in america through the fulbright program, including the foreign minister, who i just talked to the other day and who has feelings about america because of that engagement. the list goes on. as the emerging middle class in india, the world's largest democracy, buys our products, that means jobs and incomes for our own middle-class. as our traditional assistance to brazil and decreases, trade there is increasing. brazil is one of the new tigers moving at a double-digit pace. it supports additional jobs here at home, many in the u.s. travel and tourism industry. when
each of us on either side of president clinton as he announced the once unthinkable normalization of our relations with vietnam, and efforts that john mccain and i worked on for about 10 years to try do. in the last decade, thanks in large part to the work of usaid, our exports to vietnam increased by more than 700%. every one of those percentage points our jobs here in america. -- are jobs here in america. in the last two decades, 1000 vietnamese students and scholars have studied spanish and...
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it is something i spoke to secretary clinton about. i would like to go to any ambassador and say i have a couple of million bucks in my pocket, and it is also important that the bureau that takes to have a credit line from the taxpayer, they are forced to be creative. you have $1 million. if you have a good idea, call. we still need to activate the phone a little more. we have given up that license. >> there is a movie in this -- >> i also want to recognize steve, who was one of the founders in oti. >> where are you? yes, in the back. >> congratulations on your new position and on the new winning streak. we hope it continues. >> i hope my brother is not watching c-span. [laughter]>> from the beginning you mentioned listening to the silent majority, so president obama and secretary clinton have both rebalance their focus to asia-pacific, and you have worked with burma. my question is for southeast asia, will you share your vision for how to build capacity for burma and how to build burma up. also, how to work into that the code of condu
it is something i spoke to secretary clinton about. i would like to go to any ambassador and say i have a couple of million bucks in my pocket, and it is also important that the bureau that takes to have a credit line from the taxpayer, they are forced to be creative. you have $1 million. if you have a good idea, call. we still need to activate the phone a little more. we have given up that license. >> there is a movie in this -- >> i also want to recognize steve, who was one of the...
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if bill clinton were president, would we have had a grand bargain? we need a grand bargain and both parties need to move out of their comfort zones. >> let's talk about those two sides. we will start with what you are asking democrats to do -- and needs to be $600 billion in deficit reduction from health savings. the last offer from the white house was $400 billion. you say they need to do quite a bit more. >> they do need to do quite a bit more if we are going to slow the rate of the growth of health care. >> how do you convince them? they will argue that they have been aggressive. how will you convince them that that will not get the job done? >> we have to convince americans they need to do more on health care than they have been willing to do to date, and republicans have to do more on revenue than they have already done. >> specifically, you say there needs to be more revenue from tax reform, whereas republicans have talked about that being revenue neutral. >> that will not get the job done. if we do not do something on the revenue side it puts
if bill clinton were president, would we have had a grand bargain? we need a grand bargain and both parties need to move out of their comfort zones. >> let's talk about those two sides. we will start with what you are asking democrats to do -- and needs to be $600 billion in deficit reduction from health savings. the last offer from the white house was $400 billion. you say they need to do quite a bit more. >> they do need to do quite a bit more if we are going to slow the rate of...
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finally it was clinton who made me to share thet commission. >> host: president carter appointed you? co >> guest: carter appointed me in the new department oftion. education.he a web-based teaching and he appointed me to the commission. >> host: up a point did it become clear to be a?ncy d >> guest: after the first year? when the reports they did, what the commission did with that iso sitting down and saying we aref just here. they did some hearings. the nature and power thers the commission has been appointed from the boat and to me is theii most important thing about the commission. but it's supposed to do is go outte and listen to what no onel else will listen to. to civil rights problems people hae that they could not get anyone to pay attention.not jus not just local people, but the federal government.vernm they would write letters, nobody would pay attention. the civil rights people decided they would listen to people and see if they had to say i had th power of the statute to subpoena anyone. eisenhower said the reason i t nt to get it passed congress e and said it and executi
finally it was clinton who made me to share thet commission. >> host: president carter appointed you? co >> guest: carter appointed me in the new department oftion. education.he a web-based teaching and he appointed me to the commission. >> host: up a point did it become clear to be a?ncy d >> guest: after the first year? when the reports they did, what the commission did with that iso sitting down and saying we aref just here. they did some hearings. the nature and...
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we have hillary clinton. she ran for president and is secretary of state and we see her in the news every day and we have sarah palin was all over the place, michele bachmann. these are big names. we had nancy pelosi running the house. we had record gains in the senate this year. everybody is talking about how this is an incredible, exciting election because now we have 20 senators. , the most we ever had. we have an entire state with a all female delegation which is new hampshire. women are everywhere on politics. that is what most people think and everyone in this room knows that's not the slightest bit true. in fact, women hold 18% of the seats in congress. in the state legislatures, we've been stuck at around 23% forever. there's no movement. we used to have nine governors but have five governors who are women. we have five governors who are women. and that places the u.s. at about 95th in the world in terms of our female political representation. and that's another one i'll ask young students. where do y
we have hillary clinton. she ran for president and is secretary of state and we see her in the news every day and we have sarah palin was all over the place, michele bachmann. these are big names. we had nancy pelosi running the house. we had record gains in the senate this year. everybody is talking about how this is an incredible, exciting election because now we have 20 senators. , the most we ever had. we have an entire state with a all female delegation which is new hampshire. women are...
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the clinton convention was an extraordinarily big moment. and so i think you can decouple those things. and get that kind of technical nominating thing back to the end of the primaries so it lets that process start. i kind of like the timing in terms of that -- the big moment for -- yeah. when you talk about what's the rhythm of a presidential campaign, you got the vice-presidential nomination. you got the conventions. and you got the debates. and i think to kind of have that big moment in the fall, when people pay attention, makes a lot more sense than to do it in june when people just aren't ready for that. >> i think there's an awkward part in the campaign between the primary ending and the convention. and i think -- i think it's almost -- unless the federal funding thing changes, it's inevitable that they'll go early. because -- and i think that's a good thing. i hear -- >> you want to shrink that process. >> i want to shrink the awkward period between the primary ending and the nomination starting. and i think kicking it off in the begi
the clinton convention was an extraordinarily big moment. and so i think you can decouple those things. and get that kind of technical nominating thing back to the end of the primaries so it lets that process start. i kind of like the timing in terms of that -- the big moment for -- yeah. when you talk about what's the rhythm of a presidential campaign, you got the vice-presidential nomination. you got the conventions. and you got the debates. and i think to kind of have that big moment in the...
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so did hillary clinton's ad come true? when it comes to benghazi, congressman gohmert says so and he joins us live from dallas this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: there was no 3:00 a.m. phone call. the president did, however, have a phone call at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon. >> he got a briefing at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon about what was going on and then as secretary panetta said, there was no other contact, not with the president, now dennis mcdonough said, oh, he was briefed all during the night. well, how was he briefed? it was made very clear in testimony there were no phone calls either way. we had people out there dying and people that he committed there, that he sent there and there were no phone calls either way. it's absolutely incredible. steve, how many times have you told people, look, i'm going to stay up. you call me when you get there because i want to make sure you're all right? nothing like that! it's just incredible. maybe they were using theist ridge pillow. i don
so did hillary clinton's ad come true? when it comes to benghazi, congressman gohmert says so and he joins us live from dallas this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: there was no 3:00 a.m. phone call. the president did, however, have a phone call at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon. >> he got a briefing at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon about what was going on and then as secretary panetta said, there was no other contact, not with the president, now...